rhinestone

English

Etymology

From Rhine +‎ stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).

Noun

rhinestone (plural rhinestones)

An artificial diamond, strass.
Synonym: strass

Lucinda sewed rhinestones into her scarf to add a bit of flair.

Derived terms

rhinestone cowboy

Translations

an artificial diamond

Bulgarian: изкуствен диамант m (izkustven diamant)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 萊茵石 / 莱茵石
Faroese: rínarsteinur m
French: strass (fr) m
German: Strass (de) m
Greenlandic: aligoq
Hungarian: strassz (hu)
Ido: straso (io)
Irish: réinchloch f
Japanese: ラインストーン (rainsutōn)
Korean: 라인석 (rainseok)
Polish: stras m
Portuguese: strass
Russian: страз (ru) m (straz)
Swedish: strass (sv) c
Welsh: rheinston m

Adjective

rhinestone (not comparable)

Made of or encrusted with rhinestones.
Karl wore a cowboy hat with a rhinestone hatband when he played his country and western gigs.
- 2010, “Rhinestone Eyes”, in Plastic Beach, performed by Gorillaz:
  I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower / That you made with plastic power / Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away

Verb

rhinestone (third-person singular simple present rhinestones, present participle rhinestoning, simple past and past participle rhinestoned)

(transitive) To decorate with rhinestones.

Anagrams

enthronise, threonines